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Fintech regulation has been a key agenda item at recent meetings of peak financial regulators
April 11th, 2016
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is talking to the Monetary Authority of Singapore about an agreement to ensure that regulation does not hinder the progress of fintech start-ups looking to operate across the countries’ borders. Fintech regulation has been a key ...
Deutsche Bank opens innovation lab in Silicon Valley
April 7th, 2016
Deutsche Bank announced today that it has opened an innovation lab in Silicon Valley, with a launch event attended by its Co-Chief Executive John Cryan on Tuesday. The lab in Palo Alto will enable the Bank to evaluate emerging ...
Virtual Currency that is rival to Bitcoin, attracts attention and has soared in value
March 28th, 2016
A new virtual gold rush is underway. Even as Bitcoin, riven by internal divisions, has struggled, a rival virtual currency — known as Ethereum — has soared in value, climbing 1,000 percent over the last three months. Beyond the ...
UBS and Credit Suisse launch fintech accelerator
March 23rd, 2016
The two largest Swiss banks UBS and Credit Suisse, are partnering with Swisscom, Swiss Life and Ernst & Young to launch a fintech accelerator with an international target audience. Operating under the umbrella of the Kickstart Accelerator, the programme ...
Will bitcoin provide banks with their ‘Kodak Moment’?
March 16th, 2016
The world’s banks are facing a ‘Kodak Moment’ if they continue to dismiss the virtual currency bitcoin as just the opening act for more revolutionary blockchain-based innovation, says Max Tannahill, a business change and implementation manager at ANZ It ...
Fintech funding hits all-time high in 2015, despite pullback in Q4: KPMG and CB Insights
March 11th, 2016
KPMG and CB Insights release their inaugural quarterly fintech venture capital (VC) report, highlighting a record year for venture-backed fintech startups in 2015, but waning investor appetite to close out the year. While 2015 marked a banner year for ...
Bitcoin Group withdraws from its IPO and ASX listing application
March 10th, 2016
Bitcoin Group Ltd has issued a press release to inform investors in relation to its IPO and ASX listing application. Below is the press release as it was published by the company: The Directors of Bitcoin Group Ltd would firstly ...
The Floor promises to connect Israeli fintech with China, Hong Kong and the rest of Asia
March 3rd, 2016
The new hub will open an R&D center, collaborative workspace and host events that will link Israel’s best in financial technology with investors and partners from Beijing to Singapore Israel is known for its financial and technological prowess. It’s ...
Global regulators may propose rules for fintech: FSB’s Carney
February 29th, 2016
Global regulators may propose rules to prevent “fintech” innovations from destabilizing the broader financial system, the G20‘s Financial Stability Board said on Saturday. FSB Chairman Mark Carney said in a letter to central bankers and finance ministers from the ...
RBC tests distributed ledger for remittances and loyalty programme
February 26th, 2016
The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is the latest financial services giant to go public with its distributed ledger progress, confirming that it is working with Ripple on cross-border payments and experimenting with a blockchain-based loyalty platform. RBC, which ...
